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Now for something completely different: Podcast bloviations from Yours Truly and friends

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I’m busier than that proverbial one-armed paperhanger right now, so it’s possible that production of posts on this blog is going to fall for the next couple of weeks from the daily commentary I prefer.

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David Climenhaga

Alberta Politics

Nov 4, 2019

‘Wexit’ isn’t likely, but that doesn’t mean it’s not dangerous

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“Wexit” is dangerous, but not because it’s ever likely to come to pass. The economic case for Prairie separatism is so obviously lame — because of what’s happened to the world market for fossil fuels

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David Climenhaga

Alberta Politics

Nov 1, 2019

This just in from washed-up Wildroser: Alberta separation if necessary, but not necessarily separation!

7 mins

It looks as if Rob Anderson has found a new gig — Alberta separation if necessary, but not necessarily Alberta separation. For those of you scratching your heads and asking the most obvious question —

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David Climenhaga

Alberta Politics

Oct 31, 2019

Canadian Taxpayers Federation commentary on nurse salaries isn’t research so much as an echo chamber

8 mins

Has anyone noticed how the propaganda produced by the Canadian Taxpayers Federation seems to be growing more inept of late? Misleading arguments and anti-union bias have long characterized many of the claims made by the

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David Climenhaga

Alberta Politics

Oct 30, 2019

Plan to roll back public employees’ pay is no surprise, but the way it’s being rolled out seems surprisingly inept

8 mins

When Alberta’s finance minister announced the Kenney Government’s plan to roll back unionized public employees’ pay by 2 to 5 per cent yesterday, he blamed Alberta’s debt and deficit, not the huge hole he’d just

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David Climenhaga

Alberta Politics

Oct 29, 2019

Are secret mandatory government bargaining orders the new face of public-sector labour relations in Alberta?

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Alberta Premier Jason Kenney and his government moved yesterday to impose big changes on public sector bargaining in Alberta, not to mention a host of other areas. They’re sure to unleash a flood of litigation.

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David Climenhaga

Alberta Politics

Oct 27, 2019

Federal election results show why abandoning ‘social license’ was a dumb idea for Alberta’s oilpatch

9 mins

Seeking “social license” for Alberta’s fossil fuel industry was said by the NDP government of former premier Rachel Notley to be a way to win approval for more pipeline capacity to Canada’s ocean ports. This

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David Climenhaga

Bestsellers

Oct 26, 2019

Red Deer-raised author Anar Ali’s Night of Power tops Audreys Books Edmonton Fiction Bestsellers List

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Here are the lists of the top 10 fiction and non-fiction titles sold in Edmonton during the week ended Oct. 20, 2019. The lists are compiled by Audreys Books and provided by the Book Publishers Association of Alberta.

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David Climenhaga

Alberta Politics

Oct 25, 2019

Alberta is Alberta again! The poor little rich kid of Confederation brings down a budget

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Happy St. Crispin’s Day! Appropriately enough, it’s time for those of us who live here in Wild Rose Country to cry, “Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more!” Alberta is Alberta again! Yesterday’s

David Climenhaga

Alberta Politics

Nov 5, 2019

Now for something completely different: Podcast bloviations from Yours Truly and friends

David Climenhaga

Alberta Politics

Nov 4, 2019

‘Wexit’ isn’t likely, but that doesn’t mean it’s not dangerous

David Climenhaga

Alberta Politics

Nov 1, 2019

This just in from washed-up Wildroser: Alberta separation if necessary, but not necessarily separation!

David Climenhaga

Alberta Politics

Oct 31, 2019

Canadian Taxpayers Federation commentary on nurse salaries isn’t research so much as an echo chamber

David Climenhaga

Alberta Politics

Oct 30, 2019

Plan to roll back public employees’ pay is no surprise, but the way it’s being rolled out seems surprisingly inept

David Climenhaga

Alberta Politics

Oct 29, 2019

Are secret mandatory government bargaining orders the new face of public-sector labour relations in Alberta?

David Climenhaga

Alberta Politics

Oct 27, 2019

Federal election results show why abandoning ‘social license’ was a dumb idea for Alberta’s oilpatch

David Climenhaga

Bestsellers

Oct 26, 2019

Red Deer-raised author Anar Ali’s Night of Power tops Audreys Books Edmonton Fiction Bestsellers List

David Climenhaga

Alberta Politics

Oct 25, 2019

Alberta is Alberta again! The poor little rich kid of Confederation brings down a budget

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